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LP 318

Siglum
LP 318
Alternative Sigla
Is.M 80
Transliteration
l grmʾl bn bhm bn ʾlwhb
Translation
By Grmʾl son of Bhm son of ʾlwhb

Interpretation

Commentary
The surface is uneven and unsuitable for inscribing between the l and the w of ʾlwhb.

Provenance
Al-ʿĪsāwī is the name of a probably ancient well between two headlands on the eastern side of the Wādī Shām as it runs northwards from the modern Al-Namārah dam to the Ruḥbah. The well is large, stone lined and with stone water-channels running from it. The main concentration of published inscriptions is on the top of the northern headland, but there also many inscriptions on its south-west slopes, coming down to the well and on the southern headland, on the crest of which is a stone tower.
Original Reading Credit
Ed. pr.
Original Translation Credit
Ed. pr.

Technique
Chiselled

Associated Remains
None
Associated Inscriptions
LP 319–320 (= Is.M 81–82) (on same face)

  • Littmann, E. Safaïtic Inscriptions. Syria. Publications of the Princeton University Archaeological Expeditions to Syria in 1904–1905 and 1909. Division IV. Section C. Leiden: Brill, 1943.
  • Inscriptions recorded at al-ʿĪsāwī by Michael Macdonald, on the Safaitic Epigraphic Survey Programme, 1995–2003, and published here.
Site
Al-ʿĪsāwī, Rif Dimašq Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1904–1905; 1996–2003
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0026847
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